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One of my buddied bought one and used it for a few weeks, concluded his Rotor fed just as well, and didnt have a problem loading paint into the hopper. He said when he used the speedfeed he would really have to shake the tube into the hopper to keep it from bunching up on the top of the spndle.

As far as a speed rate, it will keep up with anything you are shooting with it, there is a cool reball video of it on constant cycle with it feeding paint right back into itself.

I did some trading for the Spire.
So I don't have too much in it.
But I don't do speed feeds anyway.
Too much junk from trees and such can get in there.
I have a high capacity Rotor now, don't know why I had to have a Spire.

Used it for one day of play.
I do like it, it doesnt make a loud whining noise when empty like the rotor, the light just blinks red.
The guy at the Virtue booth at World Cup week ago saturday showed us the new upgraded $45 dollar spring action speed feed, personally I dont use them.

But I did ask him about a high capacity cap like the rotor has and he said one is in the works.

My favorite part of that video was how it never mention performance. It just said "very efficient" that is qualitative data and cannot be compared with any other hopper. As a science nerd I and less than impressed. I will hear a ton of amazing reviews (like 25, for hypocrite protection) before I consider shelling out the cash for this hopper.

loved the one i borrowed. no hiccups, no problems. then i went to my Cheetah Halo, and it broke a ball and turned everything to soup. 5 minutes to take apart, clean and put back together, versus the 20 minutes for a Halo.

i loved my Halos, but Halos are like the carburetor, the Spire is like Electronic Fuel Injection.

I love mine, and actually have two now. I haven't run into any feeding problems, and it's worked consistently well. I most recently had it on my Evil Ehm, shoot it all day, and it had no trouble keeping up.

I wouldnt pay new prices for either honestly.
Battery life is way way better in the Rotor.
Although it looks like a blimp sitting on top of a marker I do like the high capacity cap for the Rotor.
My rotor has been trouble free, the Spire has not.
But I use them both.
Hard to say which I prefer, but I'm leaning towards the Rotor.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm really not considering buying new as a $200 price tag seems to be way too much anyway. But it's good to see what people have been through with both hoppers, especially considering that the two loaders that I like the most in my collection today are the Torque (I really like it ) and the Magna, believe it or not. The VLocity is still lightweight and fast and has served me well but how big is that thing!? Just look at it on my signature pic! It's almost the size of my head! LOL

Anyways, thanks again. I just wish someday they will release a smaller capacity shell for one of these. I still dream of a 100 balls fast, light, small hopper.